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Windows 7: How to mass delete duplicate shortcuts?

I've created a folder with shortcuts to all my songs; about 3,000 in total.

The problem is that it's created duplicate shortcuts for most songs:

How would I go about deleting the duplicates? The duplicates share the same name, just with ".lnk" at the end.

I've tried using the following AutoHotkey scripts but none of these worked, they ended up deleting every file in the folder.FileDelete, F:\Music\myshortcuts\*lnk*.*
FileDelete, F:\Music\myshortcuts\*.lnk
FileDelete, F:\Music\myshortcuts\*lnk*

How to mass delete duplicate shortcuts?

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